Friday, June 19, 2020

Refighting Hohenfriedberg (part seven)

Overview at the start of turn seven
TURN SEVEN
Frederick won the dice-off for the initiative and decided to go first, rolling 5 (left), 7+1 (centre) and 3 (right).
In the centre the 2nd von Hacke Foot rallied, and the von Leps Foot scored a hit on the Prinz von Sachsen-Hildburghausen Foot, whose morale held firm despite being reduced to 25% effectiveness. There was no significant action on the Prussian right, but on the left Frederick's von Posadowski Dragoons won the second round of their melee against the Eugen von Savoyen Dragoons by one hit to nil, causing my surviving dragoons to flee.
Looking from behind the Austro-Saxon right
I rolled a stupendous 6 (left), 6 (centre) and 5 (right).
On my right the Eugen von Savoyen Dragoons rallied, and the Cordova Cuirassiers charged the von Posadowski Dragoons, wiping them out without suffering losses of their own. In the centre, accurate battery fire destroyed the remains of Frederick's von Leps Foot. There was more success on the left when the Prié-Turinetti Foot advanced and finished off the rallied 2nd von Hacke Foot, and the Prinz Xaver Foot did the same to the jäger, who had inadvisably moved too close to them.
After seven turns the Prussians have lost 14 of 34 army points and the Austro-Saxons have lost 10 of 40.
Bird's eye view from above Günthersdorf of the depleted Prussian centre
TURN EIGHT
Frederick won the initiative, went first and rolled 1 (left), 8+1 (centre) and 3 (right).
His artillery at last produced some much-needed worthwhile results. First the battery near Pilgramshain on the Austro-Saxon left scored a hit on the Prinz Xaver Foot, who lost a further 25% effectiveness and had to flee on failing their morale test. Secondly, the battery nearest Thomaswaldau on the Austro-Saxon right scored two hits on the Deutschmeister Foot who, perhaps foolishly as it turned out, had advanced on the previous turn. The battalion's morale proved strong, but it had been reduced to 50% effectiveness. Two full-strength Prussian battalions were able to advance and fire at relatively isolated battalions of mine. The Samuel von Schlichting Foot eliminated the remains of my Prinz von Sachsen-Hildburghausen Foot, but the Johann von Hertzberg somehow failed to inflict any damage on the Prié-Turinetti Foot. One of Frederick's reserve horse squadrons, the Porzellan Dragoons, which he had sent to join the mass cavalry combat on my right, missed a golden opportunity when the move-variation rule prevented it charging the Cordova Cuirassiers in the flank. There was more bad news for Frederick when the surviving members of the Buddenbrock Cuirassiers charged the Fürst von Batthyány Dragoons, only to be wiped out. Their demise marked the complete annihilation of Frederick's left wing.
I rolled 6 (left), 1 (centre) and 3 (right).
On my left the Prinz Xaver Foot failed to rally, and will leave the battlefield if they fail to rally next turn. The Prié-Turinetti Foot returned the compliment to the Johann von Hertzberg Foot by firing at them at full strength but somehow inflicting no casualties. All I could do in the centre was fire a battery, but it missed. On my right the Cordova Cuirassiers swung to their left and counter-charged the Porzellan Dragoons, but soon regretted it when they lost melee by two hits to nil and had to flee.
After eight turns the Prussians have lost 15 of 34 army points and the Austro-Saxons have lost 12 of 40.
Overview from behind the Austro-Saxon left

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